Seems like there is very few ppl driving. Mostly it's Megane/Clio guys which are online. I guess its those which have the closest racing, but come on ppl get online and drive some longer races with the other series! As long as i have the time i would like to do "no ramming in first corner long races" what u say?
Yes there are very few people playing online, but if you setup a server a few will definitely join you specially if you run a popular track. But most people don't do so well in long races and considering you will likely not get a lot of people it is probably better to run many shorter races because if you crash in a long race you will not wait for it to end but leave and join another server.